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Enrollment
571
Elementary
DISTRICT 591 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ORANGE·NCES 120144002687
MEADOW WOODS ELEMENTARY
500 RHODE ISLAND WOODS CIR, ORLANDO, FL 32824 · (407) 858-3140 · Orange County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL571 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
339 students
DISTRICT 44% · STATE 50%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 53 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 71 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 94 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 84 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 94 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 77 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 98 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (71) is 28% smaller than its 5th grade class (98).
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · STATE 70% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
51.6%
FL avg 56.7% . +5.4pp since 2023
Math
52.0%
FL avg 58.9% . +6.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.6% | 52.0% |
| 2023-24 | 46.2% | 45.9% |
% at Level 3 or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
49.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.4%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Florida's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like MEADOW WOODS ELEMENTARY
MEADOW WOODS ELEMENTARY's state test result (49.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MEADOW WOODS ELEMENTARY this school | 571 | 59.4% | 49.5% |
| GULFSTREAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CUTLER BAY | 544 | 61.2% | 57.4% |
| MANATEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NAPLES | 564 | 61.0% | 55.4% |
| DICKENSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TAMPA | 514 | 61.3% | 39.0% |
| VENTURA ELEMENTARY ORLANDO | 577 | 61.5% | 41.9% |
| CENTRAL AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KISSIMMEE | 529 | 63.5% | 27.2% |
Matched among Florida elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where MEADOW WOODS ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.5% | #1,354 of 2,136 | #103 of 157 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #1,460 of 2,149 ▲ 116 | #104 of 159 ▲ 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.6% | #1,228 of 2,149 ▲ 106 | #91 of 159 ▲ 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 571 | #1,140 of 2,267 | #81 of 168 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #546 of 2,077 | #37 of 159 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.6% | #1,608 of 2,108 | #131 of 159 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 59.4% | #930 of 2,188 | #58 of 162 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.3% | #565 of 1,374 | #56 of 112 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
571
-171 (-23%) vs 2020
+5% since 1990-91, when it was 543
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 14.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 571 | 39 | 14.6:1 | 59% (339) |
| 2023-24 | 660 | 42 | 15.7:1 | 64% (425) |
| 2022-23 | 667 | 39 | 17.1:1 | 69% (459) |
| 2020-21 | 742 | 52 | 14.3:1 | 61% (455) |
| 2017-18 | 699 | 45 | 15.5:1 | 67% (471) |
| 2015-16 | 512 | 33 | 15.5:1 | 99% (509) |
| 2010-11 | 835 | 53 | 15.8:1 | 81% (677) |
| 2000-01 | 590 | 33 | 17.9:1 | 63% (374) |
| 1990-91 | 543 | 30 | 18.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MEADOW WOODS ELEMENTARY.
About MEADOW WOODS ELEMENTARY
MEADOW WOODS ELEMENTARY is a mid-sized elementary school in Florida, with an address in ORLANDO. It reported 571 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25.
ORANGE (272 schools, 207,778 students) runs MEADOW WOODS ELEMENTARY.
Hispanic students are 74% of those enrolled at MEADOW WOODS ELEMENTARY. Other reported shares: 17% Black and 6% White. That compares with about 34% Hispanic among all Orange County residents. A diversity index of 43% means there is a 43% chance two randomly chosen students at MEADOW WOODS ELEMENTARY are from different groups.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 14.6:1. The school has 39 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across elementary schools in Florida, the average ratio is 17.5:1. Federal data show 59% of students (339) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The 39% average for public schools in Orange County is 20 points lower.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, MEADOW WOODS ELEMENTARY is 1.9 points below the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 49.5% actual, 51.4% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Florida.
In the wider Orange County area, the median household earns about $79,719 a year, about 39% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Across Orange County, 286 public schools serve about 216,813 students.
A public school about 1.1 miles away, MEADOW WOODS MIDDLE, is the closest to MEADOW WOODS ELEMENTARY. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 58.2%, higher than MEADOW WOODS ELEMENTARY's 49.5%.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 571, down from 742 in 2020-21.
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Orange County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,471,937
Census ACS
Median income
$79,719
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
286
216,813 students
Quick facts
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- CYPRESS CREEK HIGHHigh · 3,127 students
Other schools in ORLANDO
- FLORIDA VIRTUAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 4,331 students
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- COLONIAL HIGHHigh · 3,239 students
- CYPRESS CREEK HIGHHigh · 3,127 students
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- DR. PHILLIPS HIGHHigh · 2,964 students
Nearby schools
- MEADOW WOODS MIDDLE1.1 mi · 833
- CYPRESS CREEK HIGH1.2 mi · 3,127
- OAKSHIRE ELEMENTARY1.4 mi · 465
- WYNDHAM LAKES ELEMENTARY1.4 mi · 592
- SOUTHWOOD ELEMENTARY1.5 mi · 481
- WETHERBEE ELEMENTARY1.5 mi · 939
Frequently asked questions
About MEADOW WOODS ELEMENTARYHow many students attend MEADOW WOODS ELEMENTARY?
MEADOW WOODS ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 571 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does MEADOW WOODS ELEMENTARY serve?
MEADOW WOODS ELEMENTARY serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at MEADOW WOODS ELEMENTARY?
Approximately 14.6:1 students per teacher at MEADOW WOODS ELEMENTARY.
How diverse is MEADOW WOODS ELEMENTARY?
MEADOW WOODS ELEMENTARY reports a student body of 6% White, 74% Hispanic, 17% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees MEADOW WOODS ELEMENTARY?
MEADOW WOODS ELEMENTARY is overseen by ORANGE in Orange County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.